The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths – a gripping contemporary Gothic thriller from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries.

‘At once a homage to the Gothic thriller, and a re-imagining, it is goosebump spooky, smart, and haunting, in every sense. I loved this book! And you will too’
– Louise Penny

‘Compelling, intelligent and increasingly mesmerising’
– Peter James

‘Utterly bewitching … a pitch-perfect modern Gothic’
– AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

Death lies between the lines.

A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time?

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to tales of murder. As a literature teacher specialising in the Gothic writer RM Holland, she teaches a short course on them every year. Then Clare’s life and work collide tragically when one of her colleagues is found dead, a line from an RM Holland story by her body. The investigating police detective is convinced the writer’s works somehow hold the key to the case.

Not knowing who to trust, and afraid that the killer is someone she knows, Clare confides her darkest suspicions and fears about the case to her journal. Then one day she notices some other writing in the diary. Writing that isn’t hers …

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